Subject: Re: Quadra 650 & NetBSD ...
To: Mehul Sanghvi <mehul@kirsun.ne.mediaone.net>
From: Erik Winkler <ewinkler@erols.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/16/2000 23:38:08
"Mehul N. Sanghvi" wrote:

> 'allo,
>
>    I have just gotten a Quadra 650 and I have a PowerMac 7100/66
> already.  I plan on using the Quadra 650 as a firewall Machine.  At
> the moment I need to get a internal cdrom and a second network card.
> What I would like to know is if I need to have a MacOS partition  on
> any of my hardrives on the 650 and how much disk space will NetBSD
> take up ?

Yes, you need the MacOS partition.  I use System 7.1 with a 5 MB
partition and it works fine

> Does NetBSD/mac-68k have support for virtual consoles ?

> If
> not I guess I can always use X11 though I would rather not have a X11
> server running on my firewall machine.

Just install Secure Shell (sshd) and turn everything else off.

>
>
>   Does anyone know where I could the get the following items:

Try  http://www.nexcomp.com/ for the cdrom and hard drive and external
cases.  You may need to look at Ebay for the ethernet cards.

>
>        internal cdrom (nothing fancy, a 2x will do fine for me)

>
>        a 2Gb internal hard drive
>        nubus ethernet card
>        external casings for hard drives ( I have two 400Mb drives
>           and a 2Gb drive that I would like to use)
>
>   I guess thats enough stuff for the time being.
>
> thanks,
>
>    mehul
>
> p.s. my 7100/66 currently is a MkLinux box.
>
> p.p.s I sit possible to install NetBSD over the Net ?  I have a cable
> modem so it should nto be a problem)
>
> --
> "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those
> who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the
> first group; there was less competition there."
>      - Indira Gandhi
>      stolen from Ben Laurie on the FSB list.